Social Studies Unit 5

membership in a society that comes with rights and duties

• checks and balances

• citizenship

• culture

• amendment

a government in which representatives are chosen by the people and whose power is limited by a constitution

• celebration

• federal system

• constitutional republic

• statehood

a system in which the limits are placed on the branches of government, so no one branch becomes too powerful

• checks and balances

• culture

• ratification

• celebration

a government where power is shared between a national centralized government and the smaller state governments

• amendment

• citizenship

• compromise

• federal system

an agreement between opposing parties

• ratification

• constitutional republic

• compromise

• culture

a way of life for a particular group

• culture

• statehood

• celebration

• federal system

when people enjoy activities together to highlight an important event

• statehood

• checks and balances

• compromise

• celebration

the condition of being a state. Especially the condition or status of one of the states of the US

• citizenship

• statehood

• amendment

• compromise

a change or addition to the law

• constitutional republic

• amendment

• celebration

• culture

official way to confirm something, usually by vote

• ratification

• federal system

• amendment

• checks and balances